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GENEVA Tuberculosis has plagued humans for thousands of years and continues to do so. In advance of this year’s World TB Day, March 24, the World Health Organization is issuing a call to action to eradicate the disease by 2030.As part of these efforts,…

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service)The new Permanent Representative of Botswana to the United Nations, Collen Vixen Kelapile, presented his credentials to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres today.Before his latest app…

BEIRA, Three southern African countries are in the path of a rampaging tropical storm. Cyclone Idai has since late last week ravaged parts of Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe and Malawi.The effect of the Cyclone has aptly been captured as having left a tra…

ALGIERS Hundreds of thousands of people crammed into central Algiers on Friday, Reuters witnesses said, in the biggest protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s 20-year rule since unrest began last month.Bouteflika on Monday reversed a decision…

The death toll from Cyclone Idai’s landfall has reportedly risen to at least 84 and the President has said that it could rise above 1,000, according to media reports. Heavy rainfall is projected to continue in Sofala and Manica provinces from 19 to 21 …

The South Sudan National Revenue Authority is threatening to publicly shame government and bank officials who steal tax revenue.The Authority said it collected more than $9 million in February 2019 compared to $4.7 million dollars the month before, but…